Cigarette receptacle and extinguisher

ABSTRACT

An extinguisher with opposed side walls and a backwall to support a cigarette in a standing position, with a pocket at the bottom to receive and extinguish the burning end, and with top and front openings joined in a continuous slot through which the cigarette can be initially received and later flipped out of the pocket with a forwardly tilting movement.

United States Patent Askins 1 51 July 11, 1972 [541 CIGARETTE RECEPTACLEAND EXTINGUISHER [72] Inventor: Ralph W. Asklns, 515 S. Barranca, Apt.5,

Cavina, Calif. 91722 [22] Filed: May 4, I970 [21] Appl. No.: 34,074

Related US. Application Data [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. No.773,150, Nov. 4,

1968, abandoned.

[52] U.S.Cl. ..131/235R, 131/240R [51] Int. Cl. ..A24f 19/14 [58]Fieldol'Search 131/235.240, 256, 257

[56] Relerences Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,492,564 5/1924 Heller131/235 R 2,275,099 3/1942 Aubuchon...

3,361,140 1/1968 Hutmacher 1 31/256 1,813,313 7/1931 Oifutt ..l31/235 R2,621,661 12/1952 0169.223 3/1953 Revell ..131/235 R UX D129,426 9/1941Jundrak ..131/240 R UX 2,731,020 1/1956 Hall ....l31/240 R X 3,215,14611/1965 Rasmussen eta] ..13l/235R FORElGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS228,447 2/1925 Great Britain 131/235 R 889,998 2/1962 Great Britain..131/235 R Primary xam1'ner.lcseph S. Reich Attorney-Lynn H. Latta [57]ABSTRACT An extinguisher with opposed side walls and a backwall tosupport a cigarette in a standing position, with a pocket at the bottomto receive and extinguish the burning end, and with top and frontopenings joined in a continuous slot through which the cigarette can beinitially received and later flipped out of the pocket with a forwardlytilting movement.

12 China, 14 Drawing figures PATENTEDJUL 11 I572 3,675,662

SHEET 1 [IF 2 Hum M Ask/N5 CIGARETTE RECEP'IACLE AND EXTINGUISIIER Thisapplication is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser.No. 773,l50, filed Nov. 4, 1968 and now abandoned.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The object of the invention is to provide adevice for temporarily supporting a cigarette in a generally uprightposition with its burning end received downwardly into a pocket in whichit is extinguished, and from which the cigarette can be flipped overinto an ash tray by a tap of the finger.

Other objects are to provide for conveniently and safely extinguishingand disposing of a cigarette; to eliminate the necessity for mashing theburning end of a cigarette against the bottom of an ash tray; toeliminate the messy smudges resulting from that method ofextinguishment; and to thereby maintain cleanliness in an ash tray.

A further object is to provide such an ash tray in which theextinguisher pocket structure also functions as a cigarette rest.

Other objects will become apparent in the ensuing specification andappended drawing, in which:

FIG. I is a perspective view of an ash-tray embodying extinguishingpockets in accordance with the invention, at the corners thereof;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view through one of the pockets, takenin the medial vertical plane thereof, as indicated by line 22 of FIG. I;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary view of an ash tray equipped with anextinguisher unit embodying a modified form of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of an automobile ash receptacleequipped with a further modified form of my extinguisher.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the extinguisher shown in FIG. 4, taken inthe medial vertical plane thereof, as indicated by line 55 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another modified form of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another form of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of still another modified form;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of yet another form;

FIG. 10 is a fragmentary plan view of another modified form of theinvention;

FIG. 11 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 11-" of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a transverse sectional view taken on line l2I2 of FIG. I];

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of another modified form of the invention;and

FIG. 14 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on line l4I4 ofFIG. 13.

DESCRIPTION Referring now to the drawing in detail, I have shown inFIGS. I and 2 thereof, as an example of one form in which the inventionmay be embodied, an ash tray A of molded (e.g. ceramic or plastic)material embodying, at its four comers, integral extinguisher pockets Beach defined between opposed, generally parallel side walls 10, a backwall 11, and a bottom 12 including a barrier 13 which is spaced from thebackwall I I to define the front of the extinguisher pocket. Side walls10 are preferably flared laterally and forwardly from minimum lateralspacing (which may be as little as the diameter of a cigarette) alongthe back wall 11, to maximum spacing in a gap I5 which constitutes anopen front of the pocket B. At the top of the pocket is an open mouthslot 16 through which a cigarette C, with its burning end downward, canbe inserted, to rest against the back wall 11 in a generally upright,slightly reclining position, its burning end nested in the bottom of thepocket (FIG. 2). The mouth slot 16, though generally parallelsided, islikewise flared to slightly greater width toward the front of the pocketB. Mouth slot 16 and gap are joined in open communication with oneanother at the front-top comer of the pocket B, whereby the cigarette C,after it has rested n the pocket long enough to extinguish its burningend. may be flipped forwardly over the barrier 13 (functioning as afulcrum) in indicated in broken lines in FIG. 2, thus leaving the pocket8 and entering the main receptacle area of ash tray A. Thus the pocket Bis left empty, ready to receive another cigarette.

Pocket B has a rounded bottom surface I4 which is dimensioned and shapedto snugly receive the ash end of a cigarette, without pinching it, so asto rapidly extinguish the lighted end. An optimum contour is of doublecurvature, approximating the average shape of the burning end of acigarette, slightly larger in diameter than a cigarette.

Pocket B, from the bottom to the top of barrier 13, is deep enough:

a. to prevent the lower end of the cigarette from sliding out of thepocket; and

b. to quickly extinguish the lighted end of the cigarette.

The barrier I3 is of sufficiently low height so as not to interfere withthe tipping of a cigarette butt over the barrier and out of the pocket Bin response to a light tap of the finger against its upper end.

Where pockets B are embodied in an ash tray in several positionsangularly disposed around its perimeter (e.g. similar to FIG. I) theuser may dispose of his cigarette butts in the pocket which is orientedat the most convenient angle for flipping it out of the pocket into thetray (e.g. for a righthanded person, the pocket at the rightwardextremity of the tray).

As an alternative form, the invention may be embodied in a separateextinguisher unit of one or more pockets, such as the triple-pocket unitBl shown in FIG. 3, which can be placed loosely in a conventional ashtray A 1. Unit B I may be of molded block form, with pockets alternatelyoriented to left and right as shown. In such alternating arrangement,one or another pocket will be conveniently oriented with reference tothe user on either of two opposite sides of the unit.

FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate how the invention may be embodied in asingle-pocket unit B2 fabricated of sheet metal, including side walls20, sloping back wall 2], bottom 22 of S-configuration in longitudinalsection, convex barrier 23 and concave extinguishing pocket 24 (asviewed from above) and a bracket 25 such as is commonly provided inautomotive vehicles. In this embodiment the pocket 24 may be of singlecurvature as indicated in the drawing.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of sheet metal construction, similar tothat of FIG. 5 but with a clip 26 at the back for hanging it over therim of a receptacle, and with a flat base 27 soldered, brazed or weldedto bottom 22.

As shown in FIG. 7, the side walls 30 of a single-pocket unit B3 may beparallel and the back wall 31 may be vertical. In this construction, apair of opposed retainer projections 36 are provided in side walls 30,spaced forwardly from back wall 31 somewhat more than the diameter ofthe cigarette so as to allow it to be easily inserted behind theprojections 36 and to be restrained by the projections from accidentallyfalling forwardly out of the pocket. The projections are sufficientlyfar apart however (e.g. about the diameter of the cigarette) so that thecigarette can be flipped between them and out of the pocket withoutdifi'lculty. Barrier 33 and extinguishing pocket 34 may be ofconfiguration similar to bottom 22 of FIGS. 4 and 5, or to bottom 12 ofFIG. 2.

Between the proyections 36 and vertical back wall 3] there is defined acigarette-receiving space 37 of ample horizontal area to freely receivea cigarette inserted vertically.

FIG. 8 illustrates how the invention can be embodied in an insert for abathroom wall, wherein an ash-receiving drawer A4 is disposed beneath amultiple-pocket extinguisher unit B4, both embodied in a unit I whichcan be inserted in the place of a tile or tiles in a tiled wall.

FIG. 9 illustrates a single-pocket unit B5 having internal parts 10, ll,13, 14 corresponding to those of pocket B of FIG. I and having flat,parallel outer side walls embraced frictionally between the arms of aspring yoke 40 provided with a magnetic base 41. The yoke arms, at theirtips, have short studs 42 received in shallow depressions 43 in theouter sides of pocket B5, and providing for limited bodily shifting andtilting movements of pocket B5 in yoke 40 for adjusting the pocket to aselected position. The magnetic base may be utilized to hold the unitagainst a ferrous surface (e.g. a desk top of sheet iron or any othersupport of magnetic material).

Optionally, instead of using a bracket such as 25 of F IG. 5, the pocketunit 132 may be formed integrally in a wall of the sheet metal ashreceptacle A2 of H6. 4 by known drawing techniques.

In the several forms of the invention described above. the barrier 13may be as low as half the height of the ash tray from the bottom 14 ofpocket to the top of the extinguisher (at the level of the ash trayrim). In another form of the invention, the barrier may be higher, aswill now be described.

Referring now to FIGS. -12, the barrier 43 of an extinguishing pocket B4may be of a height sufficiently approaching the height of back wall 1 1so as to provide a rest for a cigarette C (in a rest position such asshown in phantom in FIG. 11) bridging longitudinally over the pocket 84with lighted end resting on barrier 43 in gap 45 and its other endresting on back wall 11 at the top level of the ash tray. Gap 45 isdefined by a saddle-like top extremity of barrier 43 (fulcrum) whichcradles the lighted end of the cigarette so as to position it on themedial longitudinal axis of the top opening 16 of the pocket, and whichalso functions to support the lighted end of the cigarette in adownwardly tilted position such that the intermediate portion of thecigarette is received between the side walls 10 below their top level,and thereby retained in a position extending along the mediallongitudinal axis of opening 16. The fulcrum at the top of barrier 43 isspaced below the level of the top of the extinguisher a distance whichis preferably less than cigarette diameter in FIGS. [0-12. The fulcrumis sufficiently high so that the angle of downward tilt of the cigarettebelow the horizontal in the rest position is an angle of repose, i. e.,an angle sufficiently small so that the cigarette can be supported inthe rest position without sliding into the receptacle l7; and issufficiently low so that the cigarette may be flipped from itsextinguished posi tion shown in full lines, over the barrier 43 intoreceptacle 17 as hereinbefore described. The angle of tilt (in the restposition) is sufficiently shallow so that the lighted tip will not comtact the bottom of the ash tray (when of normal ash tray depth) nomatter how far the tip may overhang the receptacle 17. As shown in FIGS.11 and 12, the bottom surface 14 of pocket B has an optimum contourwhich is substantially semispherical, with a diameter slightly largerthan the diameter of the cigarette, so that the lighted end of thecigarette will not be pinched as it rests in the extinguishing position,but will be cupped loosely in the bottom of the pocket, and will bereadily released for flipping the cigarette over the barrier intoreceptacle 17.

F 16S. 13 and 14 disclose a further modified extinguisher of sandwichform comprising a flat core 50 of magnetized material having a notch 55therein, and a pair of side plates N and S of ferrous metal embracingthe core 50 between them, the plates N and S being in the nature ofpole-pieces attached to magnetic core 50 by magnetic attraction andclosing the sides of notch 55 so as to define a pocket having a mouthslot 16 extending rearwardly from front barrier 53, and having a roundedbottom surface 14. This extinguisher is adapted to be anchored to aferrous supporting surface by magnetic attraction, the core 50 beingadjustable about a transverse axis between the side plates so as toprovide for tilting the pocket to selected angles of tilt relative tothe vertical.

l claim:

1. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom;

said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, pr0

jecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls and cooperatingwith said back and side walls to define an extinguisher pocket;

said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lightedtip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive andsurround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closelyenough to extinguish it;

said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot formextending forwardly from said back wall and wider than said cigarette sdiameter;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than said cigarettediameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in opencommunication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support acigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof;

said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from thevertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providinga fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly anddischarged from said pocket through said gap with a forward flippingmovement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward saidgap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position;

said fulcrum being disposed below said pocket top a distance such thatsaid fulcrum and the top of said back wall may function as seatscooperating to provide a rest for a cigarette bridging between saidseats in said top opening and retained between said side walls, saidfulcrum being sufficiently close to the level of said pocket top so thatthe cigarette as supported on said rest will be retained at an angle ofrepose.

2. A cigarette extinguisher as defined in claim 1, wherein said topopening and gap are defined by means providing by a continuous slothaving a width less than twice the diameter of a cigarette, extendingfrom the front of said bottom to the top of said back wall.

3. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom, cooperatively defining anextinguisher pocket;

said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projectingupwardly to define a front side of said pocket;

said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lighttip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive andsurround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closelyenough to extinguish it;

said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot formextending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarettediameter;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter,extending from said barrier to said top opening and in opencommunication therewith; said back wall being inclined so as to supporta cigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof;

said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from thevertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle with an inclinationopposite to the inclination of said back wall relative to said axis andhaving a top providing a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tiltedforwardly and discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forwardflipping movement in response to a finger-tap against its upper endtoward said gap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position;

and an ash receptacle combined with said pocket in an ash tray in whichsaid discharge gap provides communication between said pocket and saidreceptacle;

said barrier having a height equal to a substantial proportion of theheight from the bottom of said pocket to the top of the extinguisher,such as to prevent the lower end of the cigarette from sliding out ofthe pocket and to quickly extinguish the lighted end of the cigarette.

4. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, wherein said side walls andthe margins of said mouth diverge forwardly from the back wall at anacute angle.

5. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, wherein the level of saidfulcrum is disposed below said pocket top a distance less than cigarettediameter.

6. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom;

said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projectingupwardly to a lesser height than said side walls and cooperating withsaid back and side walls to define an extinguisher pocket;

said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lightedtip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive andsurround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closelyenough to extinguish it;

said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot formextending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarettediameter;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter,extending from said barrier to said top opening and in opencommunication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support acigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof;

said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from thevertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providinga fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly anddischarged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flippingmovement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward saidgap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position;

said back wall being substantially vertical and said side walls beingprovided, in said mouth, with laterally-opposed projections spaced aparta distance approximately equal to cigarette diameter, such as to inhibitfree forward falling of a cigarette resting in extinguishing position insaid pocket but not obstructing said flipping movement discharge, saidprojections being spaced forwardly of said back wall by a space widerthan cigarette diameter and such as to freely receive a cigarette to beextinguished.

7. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, comprising a plurality of saidpockets embodied integrally in portions of the rim of an ash tray.

8. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, embodied in a bathroom wallinsert.

9. An extinguisher as defined in claim 3, including a spring yoke havingopposed spaced arms embracing, gripping and holding said extinguisher;said yoke having a base embodying a magnet for holding said yoke againsta ferrous surface by magnetic attraction.

10. An extinguisher as defined in claim 3 of sandwich form comprising aflat core of magnetized material having a notch therein, and a pair ofpole pieces of ferrous metal embracing said core between them,functioning as side plates attached to said core by magnetic attractionand closing the sides of said notch to define said pocket, saidextinguisher being adapted to be anchored to a ferrous supportingsurface by magnetic attraction, said core being adjustable about atransverse axis between said side plates so as to provide for tiltingsaid pocket to selected angles of tilt relative to the vertical.

11. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom;

said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projectingupwardly to a lesser height than said side walls and cooperating withsaid back and side walls to define an extinguisher pocket;

said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lightedtip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive andsurround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closelyenough to extinguish it;

said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot formextending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarettediameter;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameterextending from said barrier to said top opening and in opencommunication therewith;

said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted intosaid pocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrier having an intemawall Inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket atan acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which saidcigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket throughsaid gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tapagainst its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket inextinguishing position;

said extinguisher comprising a plurality of said pockets embodied in aparallel-sided block of molded material, said pockets being orientedalternately toward opposite sides thereof, with the discharge gaps ofalternate pockets disposed in said alternate sides.

12. A cigarette extinguisher comprising:

side walls, a back wall and a bottom;

said bottom including a barrier between said side walls, projectingupwardly to a lesser height than said side walls to define anextinguisher pocket in cooperation with said side walls;

said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lightedtip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive andsurround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closelyenough to extinguish it;

said pocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot formextending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarettediameter;

and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameter,extending from said barrier to said top opening and in opencommunication therewith;

said back wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted intosaid pocket during extinguishment thereof;

said barrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from thevertical axis of said pocket at an acute angle and having a topproviding a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardlyand discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flippingmovement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward saidgap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position;

said pocket being of sheet metal construction, said bottom being ofS-configuration in longitudinal section, said pocket being defined by aconcave portion thereof and said barrier by a convex portion thereof, asviewed from above.

l t i I

1. A cigarette extinguisher comprising: side walls, a back wall and abottom; said bottom including a barrier between said side walls,projecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls andcooperating with said back and side walls to define an extinguisherpocket; said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing thelighted tip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receiveand surround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, butclosely enough to extinguish it; said pocket having at its top acigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from saidback wall and wider than said cigarette''s diameter; and having at itsfront a discharge gap, wider than said cigarette diameter, extendingfrom said barrier to said top opening and in open communicationtherewith; said back wall being positioned to support a cigaretteinserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrierhaving an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from the verticalaxis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providing afulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and dischargedfrom said pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement inresponse to a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap whensupported in the pocket in extinguishing position; said fulcrum beingdisposed below said pocket top a distance such that said fulcrum and thetop of said back wall may function as seats cooperating to provide arest for a cigarette bridging between said seats in said top opening andretained between said side walls, said fulcrum being sufficiently closeto the level of said pocket top so that the cigarette as supported onsaid rest will be retained at an angle of repose.
 2. A cigaretteextinguisher as defined in claim 1, wherein said top opening and gap aredefined by means providing by a continuous slot having a width less thantwice the diameter of a cigarette, extending from the front of saidbottom to the top of said back wall.
 3. A cigarette extinguishercomprising: side walls, a back wall and a bottom, cooperatively definingan extinguisher pocket; said bottom including a barrier between saidside walls, projecting upwardly to define a front side of said pocket;said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing the lighttip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receive andsurround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, but closelyenough to extinguish it; said pocket having at its top acigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from saidback wall and wider than cigarette diameter; and having at its front adischarge gap, wider than cigarette diameter, extending from saidbarrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; saidback wall being inclined so as to support a cigarette inserted into saidpocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrier having an internalwaLl inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket atan acute angle with an inclination opposite to the inclination of saidback wall relative to said axis and having a top providing a fulcrumover which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged fromthe pocket through said gap with a forward flipping movement in responseto a finger-tap against its upper end toward said gap when supported inthe pocket in extinguishing position; and an ash receptacle combinedwith said pocket in an ash tray in which said discharge gap providescommunication between said pocket and said receptacle; said barrierhaving a height equal to a substantial proportion of the height from thebottom of said pocket to the top of the extinguisher, such as to preventthe lower end of the cigarette from sliding out of the pocket and toquickly extinguish the lighted end of the cigarette.
 4. An extinguisheras defined in claim 1, wherein said side walls and the margins of saidmouth diverge forwardly from the back wall at an acute angle.
 5. Anextinguisher as defined in claim 1, wherein the level of said fulcrum isdisposed below said pocket top a distance less than cigarette diameter.6. A cigarette extinguisher comprising: side walls, a back wall and abottom; said bottom including a barrier between said side walls,projecting upwardly to a lesser height than said side walls andcooperating with said back and side walls to define an extinguisherpocket; said pocket having a bottom for receiving and extinguishing thelighted tip of a cigarette, said bottom being proportioned to receiveand surround said tip completely but loosely, without pinching, butclosely enough to extinguish it; said pocket having at its top acigarette-receiving opening of slot form extending forwardly from saidback wall and wider than cigarette diameter; and having at its front adischarge gap, wider than cigarette diameter, extending from saidbarrier to said top opening and in open communication therewith; saidback wall being positioned to support a cigarette inserted into saidpocket during extinguishment thereof; said barrier having an internalwall inclined upwardly and away from the vertical axis of the pocket atan acute angle and having a top providing a fulcrum over which saidcigarette may be tilted forwardly and discharged from the pocket throughsaid gap with a forward flipping movement in response to a finger-tapagainst its upper end toward said gap when supported in the pocket inextinguishing position; said back wall being substantially vertical andsaid side walls being provided, in said mouth, with laterally-opposedprojections spaced apart a distance approximately equal to cigarettediameter, such as to inhibit free forward falling of a cigarette restingin extinguishing position in said pocket but not obstructing saidflipping movement discharge, said projections being spaced forwardly ofsaid back wall by a space wider than cigarette diameter and such as tofreely receive a cigarette to be extinguished.
 7. An extinguisher asdefined in claim 1, comprising a plurality of said pockets embodiedintegrally in portions of the rim of an ash tray.
 8. An extinguisher asdefined in claim 1, embodied in a bathroom wall insert.
 9. Anextinguisher as defined in claim 3, including a spring yoke havingopposed spaced arms embracing, gripping and holding said extinguisher;said yoke having a base embodying a magnet for holding said yoke againsta ferrous surface by magnetic attraction.
 10. An extinguisher as definedin claim 3 of sandwich form comprising a flat core of magnetizedmaterial having a notch therein, and a pair of pole pieces of ferrousmetal embracing said core between them, functioning as side platesattached to said core by magnetic attraction and closing the sides ofsaid notch to define said pocket, said extinguisher being adapted to beanchored to a ferrous supporting surface by magnetic attraction, saidcore beinG adjustable about a transverse axis between said side platesso as to provide for tilting said pocket to selected angles of tiltrelative to the vertical.
 11. A cigarette extinguisher comprising: sidewalls, a back wall and a bottom; said bottom including a barrier betweensaid side walls, projecting upwardly to a lesser height than said sidewalls and cooperating with said back and side walls to define anextinguisher pocket; said pocket having a bottom for receiving andextinguishing the lighted tip of a cigarette, said bottom beingproportioned to receive and surround said tip completely but loosely,without pinching, but closely enough to extinguish it; said pockethaving at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot form extendingforwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarette diameter; andhaving at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarette diameterextending from said barrier to said top opening and in opencommunication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support acigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof; saidbarrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from thevertical axis of the pocket at an acute angle and having a top providinga fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardly anddischarged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flippingmovement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward saidgap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position; saidextinguisher comprising a plurality of said pockets embodied in aparallel-sided block of molded material, said pockets being orientedalternately toward opposite sides thereof, with the discharge gaps ofalternate pockets disposed in said alternate sides.
 12. A cigaretteextinguisher comprising: side walls, a back wall and a bottom; saidbottom including a barrier between said side walls, projecting upwardlyto a lesser height than said side walls to define an extinguisher pocketin cooperation with said side walls; said pocket having a bottom forreceiving and extinguishing the lighted tip of a cigarette, said bottombeing proportioned to receive and surround said tip completely butloosely, without pinching, but closely enough to extinguish it; saidpocket having at its top a cigarette-receiving opening of slot formextending forwardly from said back wall and wider than cigarettediameter; and having at its front a discharge gap, wider than cigarettediameter, extending from said barrier to said top opening and in opencommunication therewith; said back wall being positioned to support acigarette inserted into said pocket during extinguishment thereof; saidbarrier having an internal wall inclined upwardly and away from thevertical axis of said pocket at an acute angle and having a topproviding a fulcrum over which said cigarette may be tilted forwardlyand discharged from the pocket through said gap with a forward flippingmovement in response to a finger-tap against its upper end toward saidgap when supported in the pocket in extinguishing position; said pocketbeing of sheet metal construction, said bottom being of S-configurationin longitudinal section, said pocket being defined by a concave portionthereof and said barrier by a convex portion thereof, as viewed fromabove.